ALBUQUERQUE – Ryan Cangiolosi was elected State Chairman, Rick Lopez was elected First Vice Chair and Phil Archuletta was reelected. Second Vice Chair. Cecelia C De Baca was elected First Congressional District Vice Chair, Andrea Moore was elected Second Congressional District Vice Chair, and Sherry Morrison was elected Third Congressional District Vice Chair.

Bernadette Granger was elected Secretary, and Deniece Cornett was elected Treasurer.

“I’m honored to have been elected Chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico,  and would like thank Debbie Maestas for her dedication and unwavering commitment to the party,” said Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Ryan...

You don’t have to be a Christian, or person of faith, to make a joyful noise this Christmas. You just have to be someone who has hope and someone who believes that humankind is capable of rising above basic instincts, and making Gallup and McKinley County, and the world, better places to live.

Christmas is the celebration of the triumph of love over hatred, greed and division. It is a time when we should all try and practice what is preached during what is a giving season and a season that is about the theme of peace on earth and goodwill to humankind.

Christmastime is the perfect time to get fired up about life and humankind, even when it seems that gloom and doom dominate the news...

Bill Foster is a digital marketing master. The serial entrepreneur developed keyword and search-engine ad revenue for pioneering companies such as Infoseek and Excite and now wants to use his experience and knowledge to help local businesses compete with national chains and internet behemoths.

Foster is a founder of yellCast, a New Mexico startup that connects buyers with local merchants by providing search-engine results that go a step beyond Yelp, Google and Bing and offer an interactive portal where buyers and sellers communicate directly.  With this service, consumers who want to shop locally don’t need to call multiple merchants to find a specific product; yellCast provides the...

The problem of panhandling in Gallup probably isn’t going to go away anytime soon. The Gallup Police Department does what it can to tackle the problem, but when you throw in intoxication and alcohol-related problems it becomes a bit much.

The best that anybody can do is treat the symptoms of panhandling and we are all thankful for what NCI offers in the form of treatment plans. Addressing the root causes of panhandling and homelessness means battling some age-old enemies: alcoholism, drug addiction, mental illness, the lack of job skills and anti-social behavior. That means fighting the battle on a variety of fronts and now simply with badges and uniforms.

The police, however...